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Richard Silvestri
NY Times, Sun, Feb 19, 2023 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
18-Down : Get very angry about director Burton Blake's music (7)
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 32, Blocks: 65
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© 2023, The New York Times
Across
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Solo federal agent, an old executioner (7) :
HANGMAN5
Muck about with tangled net - gladiator's weapon (7) :
TRIDENT9
Story read aloud: "Fair Warning Signal" (9) :
TAILLIGHT10
Move sinuously unclothed, like a gymnast (5) :
LITHE11
Rifle erratically covers one who runs away (5) :
FLEER12
Principles about fellows in city dwellings (9) :
TENEMENTS13
Doctor locates source of intolerance (7) :
LACTOSE15
Police officer at home, possessing no photo ID? (7) :
CAPTION17
Whistle-blower deviously cares to implicate copper (7) :
ACCUSER19
Stupid omicron variant (7) :
MORONIC21
Ruby returned duplicate pistol (9) :
DERRINGER23
Right away, make certain to follow (5) :
ENSUE25
Army officers losing half of undergarments (5) :
BRASS26
Left covered in ... in hot paving material? That's hardly fair! (9) :
INCLEMENT27
Topless guys he can perhaps make better (7) :
ENHANCE28
I, reportedly you and I, nearly bend spectacles (9) :
EYEWEAR
Down
1
Despicable boater wasted fuel (7) :
HATEFUL2
Rising water is green (5) :
NAIVE3
Movie star transplanted bloomer to Kansas (3,6) :
MELBROOKS4
Teddy's cousin approaching couple (7) :
NIGHTIE5
Huge jerk holding one whip (7) :
TITANIC6
I criticize the teachings of Muhammad (5) :
ISLAM7
8
Trump, primarily, and each offspring covering up Republican high crime (7) :
TREASON14
16
Keep on by itself keeping on and on (9) :
PERSEVERE17
German automaker lost blood almost within range of the listener (7) :
AUDIBLE18
Get very angry about director Burton Blake's music (7) :
RAGTIME19
Auto reversing through 1,760 yards - it seems impossible (7) :
MIRACLE20
Untrustworthy person beginning to clean radiator (7) :
CHEATER22
Ad-libs entire part for playwright (5) :
IBSEN24
Part of an act visible to the audience (5) :
SCENE
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